If you’re in New York, drop what you’re doing — you’ve only got about an hour to get to David Hauslaib’s $50 Learning Annex session entitled The Founder of Jossip.com Reveals All…:
The internet is bigger than ever and blogging has become much more than a creative outlet. Whether it’s news, entertainment, gossip, sports or any other topic under the sun, someone is blogging it…and profiting. Blogs are a booming business these days and you can turn your hobby, interest or career into a profit-earning website!
Find out how from David Hauslaib, Founder and Publisher of Jossip.com, one of the leading media and gossip websites. David will reveal how he turned his passions into a paying gig and how you’re only a few short steps from doing the same.
If you’re going, do us a favor and take good notes. This blogging thing sounds like it’s going to be big, and we want to get a piece of the action.
This morning the New York Times is all up in the shit of interns who blog, and the companies who continue to employ them for little or no pay (brave soliders that they are). Among those mentioned are B-listers Andrew McDonald (Comedy Central Intern), Alexx Shannon (BritBoy), and of course, the Internblogger who started it all (and our favorite Skank Queen), Jessica Cutler. Also getting a namedrop (though not an intern) is Jessa Jeffries, whose blog-related firing was covered here last week.
The Cliffs Notes Version? If you’re an intern and you’re blogging, be careful what you say. You might get fired and have to fall back on a book deal or start your own company rather than work for minimum wage.
On a sidenote, our condolences to Heather Armstrong — this is actually the first article ever written about bloggers being fired that didn’t mention her or Dooce.
From Valleywag comes a back-and-forth between LiveJournal staffers and a group of breastfeeding enthusiasts (who refer to themselves as Boob Nazis) over the appropriateness of breastfeeding shots on LiveJournal:
We have recently been made aware that your default userpic is inappropriate….We must request that you discontinue using it as your default by no later than 00:01 (midnight) EST 23 May 2006. If at that time, you have not made the change requested, your journal will be suspended.
In what way do you classify a photograph of an infant nursing, the single most natural act between a mother and child, as graphically sexual or violent in nature — or indeed, as sexual at all? Breastfeeding is not a sexual act. It is not a violent act. This icon in no way violates your state Terms of Service.
And then, LiveJournal’s “we don’t respond to threats” retort:
Finally, please be aware that write-in campaigns are never effective in swaying the opinion of the Abuse Team or LiveJournal administrators, or in focusing attention on a particular issue.
Are we the only ones that find LiveJournal’s efforts to shun the power of consumer involvement just a tad ironic? At least they could have encouraged the protesters to speak freely on their blogs, as opposed to using the hands-over-the-ears “LA LA LA we can’t hear you” approach.
Actually it was a year ago yesterday that Sean found us and exposed our fiendish plans to the world. But seeing as we spent yesterday moving Blogebrity over to a new server (after the old one blew up), we managed to overlook it. Although in fairness, Blogebrity didn’t make its official debut until May 18, 2005.
Now if you’ll excuse us, it’s time to kick off the celebration with some sushi cupcakes. Copious amounts of booze soon to follow.
Rocketboomers — are you always wondering what Amanda might look like with a different map behind her? Now thanks to Ze Frank and the magic of Google Maps, you can spend all day finding out!
The Blogebrity Medal of Honor goes out today to Jessa, who pulled off the uneviable double-dip of getting fired for blogging AND being threatened with legal action if she didn’t take down her blog (a personal favorite of ours), Jessaisms (link to what’s left after the legal threats | link to a cached version of the full site).
For what it’s worth, Jessa can find solace in the good company of the ever-growing fraternalorderofthefiredblogger. Although right now we imagine she’s more interested in finding a new (and more blogger-friendly) employer.
To the rest of you — watch your back out there. Thanks to overzealous/clueless employers, blogging can be hazardous to your (financial) health.
People keep asking us what it takes to make the A-list. And we keep feeding them some garbage about “there’s no simple formula or automatic pass to make you an A-lister.” But today we can confirm one definite exception:
No matter how many New York clubs won’t let you in, crossing over into six-digit fines for what you say on your blog means you’ll always have a place at the top of our list. At least until inflation makes that sum seem paltry (so probably another good three years).
If you’re in New York, drop what you’re doing — you’ve only got about an hour to get to David Hauslaib’s $50 Learning Annex session entitled The Founder of Jossip.com Reveals All…:
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